Water resources and environment, forests and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called for continuing the ongoing efforts to ensure the normal flow of water in Ramchandrapur and other canals surrounding the capital city and increase public awareness on this issue.
She said this after inspecting the cleaning drive conducted to restore the normal flow of the Ramchandrapur canal at Adabar in Dhaka on Saturday.
On the concluding day of the two-day cleaning drive, Rizwana Hasan and DNCC administrator Mohammad Ejaz inspected the cleaning drive and encouraged the volunteers.
Mohammad Ejaz said that cleanliness was not just an activity but a civic responsibility. 鈥楥ommon people, voluntary organisations and government institutions must work together to protect the canals.鈥�
Ejaz said that all the canals of the city, including the Ramchandrapur canal, were linked to existence of the people.
鈥楧NCC activities are not only limited to cleaning the canals but also building a sustainable management through curving pollution, beautification and involving the citizens with the activities,鈥� he said.
The Ramchandrapur Canal cleaning campaign is being implemented by the voluntary organisation Footstep. More than 300 volunteers and DNCC cleaning workers participated in the campaign, which was conducted under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Dhaka North City Corporation and in collaboration with IDLC Finance.
